US caterer's stuffed animals (9)

I believe the answer is:

creatures

'animals' is the definition.
('creature' can be a synonym of 'animal')

'us caterer's stuffed' is the wordplay.
'stuffed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'us'+'caterer'='uscaterer'
'uscaterer' is an anagram of 'CREATURES'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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